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Source: Yahoo employees say "there is no way in hell that we are going to work for Microsoft."
- jakewolf 19y agoThere's no way in hell I'm keeping my yahoo email if the merger goes through.
- Hexstream 19y agoThat reminds me, I'll need to change registrars...
- bilbo0s 19y agoWe'll see what they have to say in the depths of a recession.
- amichail 19y agoIf they are excellent software engineers/researchers, then I think they will find more opportunities in a combined Yahoo/Microsoft.
- xirium 19y agoIf you look at the acquisition of Hotmail by Microsoft then you see a large amount of software implemented on open source software re-implemented on closed source software. Along the way, there were a few service outages and a notable security flaw where anyone could read anyone else's messages. That's a whole lot of effort to reduce portability and damage your brand. Furthermore, while you're re-writing existing functionality your competitors are adding new functionality. Note that when you re-write functionality, it doesn't guarantee improvement. Indeed, it doesn't even guarantee that you'll maintain the existing level of functionality. In this case, you won't even maintain the current level of users, due to future concerns regarding accessibility and terms. So, would you either oversee the re-write of widely used code for dimishing users or would seek other opportunities, such as a start-up?
- s3graham 19y agoAn anonymous ex-employee? 1 of 14600? That may or may not know anything about any Microsoft teams at all? Meh.